Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 109162.015 - Employee Loses Balance On Step Stool And Falls, Is Killed

**Accident: 109162.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/22/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1346534.015	08/22/2018		Unique Interior Designs, Inc.

At 10:40 a.m. on August 22, 2018, an employee was hanging wall paper on the wall near the ceiling while working from a step stool that was on a mobile scaffold system. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 7 feet to the grou nd when the stool shifted. The employee struck his head on the concrete floor a nd was killed.

Keywords: concrete slab, fall, lost balance, scaffold, scaffolding, stepladder, struck against

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1346534.015	60	M	Fatality		Paperhangers	FallDist: 7 FallHt:7 Cause: Interior painting and decorating FatCause:

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